called Confession, but Prepara tion.

With respect to Predestination and Elective Grace, this church expresses its conviction that God has destined all men for salvation, and does not withhold from them the means of attaining it.

It recognises no necessary baptism. These are the few main fundamental principles from which all the other rules for the practice of Divine worship are deduced, viz. C. Rites and Liturgy.

D. Religious scholastic instruction.

E. Property of the Church, its union, administration, and application.

F. Constitution of the Church. G. Religious Discipline. Upon these principles, the Royal Rescript of Oct. 10, declares the union of the Protestant confessions in the circle of the Rhine to be accomplished.

"Kew-palace, Nov. 17. "The Queen's state last night was one of great and imminent danger. Her Majesty continues very ill this morning.

(Signed)" F. MILLMAN.

"H. HALFORD." Her Majesty expired about one o'clock on Tuesday, November 17, 1818, in the 75th year of her age. Her death was owing to a gradual accumulation of water in her limbs and on her chest, which no medicines could relieve, and which, after a long illness which she bore with great fortitude and resignation, closed her life.

On Saturday evening, about half past 8 o'clock, the leaden coffin for the late Queen was removed from the dining parlour

at Kew-palace, by one of the undertakers and his assistants, to the chamber where she breathed her last, on the east end of the palace, where it was placed on trestles. The remains of the Queen were then placed in the coffin, under the immediate direction and superintendence of Mr. Mash of the Lord Chamberlain's office, and Mr. A. E. Brande, the apothecary to the King's person, in the presence of Mrs. Beckendorff, Miss Beckendorff, and the other females who have been the constant attendants of the Queen, during her long and painful illness, both at the Queen's and Kew Palaces. The body was wrapped in a white satin sheet. Mr. Brande, agreeably to the duty of his office, then proceeded to fill up the coffin with spices; after this, the plumber and his assistants were admitted, and the cover was soldered to the coffin, in the presence of the above-named official persons.

19. The following decree has been issued under the authority of the Grand Inquisitor, who is also private confessor to Ferdinand VII:

ROYAL DECree. In the name of the Holy Trinity, &c.

Whereas it has been made known to us that various publications of an heretical, irreligious, and seditious tendency are in circulation among the subjects of this kingdom; and whereas it is of the last importance that their progress should be arrested, and the authors, publishers, and circulators duly punished, it has been determined that such measures shall be taken instantly as

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will most effectually accomplish this purpose.

All persons having in their possession works bearing the following titles shall be brought before the Holy Office, and such punishment inflicted as the case shall seem to require, provided it be not less than solitary imprisonment under the authority of the Holy Office for three months, and the payment of a fine of not less than 25 doubloons. The works prohibited are" The History of the Inquisition;" "Reasons why the Inquisition should be abolished;" "A few Remarks upon the re-establishment of the Brotherhood of the Order of Jesus;" "The Theory of the Cortes;" "The Necessity of National Representation;" "Observations on the Conduct of several of the Courts of Europe;" "Patriotic Songs;" "The Difficulties at present to be Encountered."

The greater number of these heretical and seditious productions have been printed in foreign countries, in the Spanish language, and secretly introduced into this kingdom.

A proportionate punishment

GEORGE, P. R.-Whereas by an act passed in the 51st year of his Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to provide for the Administration of the Royal Authority, and for the Care of his Majesty's Royal Person, during the continuance of his Majesty's Illness, and for the Resumption of the Exercise of the Royal Authority by his Majesty, it was amongst other things enacted, that if her Majesty, the Queen, should depart this life during the time that the care of his Majesty's royal person should be committed to her Majesty, according to the provisions of the said Act, the Regent should forthwith order and direct a Proclamation under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to be issued and published, declaring the same. And whereas, by another Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled "An Act to alter and amend certain of the provisions of an Act, passed in the 51st year of his Majesty's reign, intituled An Act to pro'vide for the administration of the Royal Authority, and for the care of his Majesty's Royal

of his Majesty's Illness, and for the resumption of the exercise of the Royal Authority by his 'Majesty," it was, amongst other things, enacted, that if the case

A PROCLAMATION.

By his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty.

enacted by the said Act passed in the 51st year of his Majesty, that the Regent should forthwith order and direct such Proclamation to be issued and published as aforesaid, and the same should happen upon or after the day appointed །

appointed by any writ or summons then issued for calling and assembling a new Parliament, and before such new Parliament should have met and sat as a Parliament, then and in such case the Regent should forthwith cause such a Proclamation as aforesaid to be issued and published, declaring that such case had happened, and requiring the new Parliament either to convene and sit at Westminster immediately after such Proclamation should have been published, or upon some day to be mentioned in such Proclamation, and being within sixty days, to be computed from the date of the said Proclamation; and in such case the Parliament so convening and sitting should be and be deemed a Parliament to all intents and purposes, under the provisions of the said last-mentioned Acts: And whereas, the Parliament which was summoned to meet at Westminster on the fourth day of August last, hath not yet met and sat as a Parliament, but stands prorogued to the 29th day of December now next ensuing: and whereas her Majesty the Queen departed this life on the 17th day of November instant, during the time that the care of his Majesty's Royal person was committed to her Majesty: Now we do hereby by this Proclamation (ordered and directed to be issued and published, and issued and published under the Great .Seal of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) declare, that her Majesty the Queen departed this life on the 17th day of November instant; and we do, in the name and on

the behalf of his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, publish, declare, and require, that the new Parliament shall be held, convene, and sit at Westminster on the 14th day of January now next ensuing, for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs; and the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly on the said 14th day of January now next ensuing: and we do hereby farther publish and declare, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, that the said Parliament shall, on the 29th day of December now next ensuing, be further prorogued to the said 14th day of January now next ensuing and we have, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, given order to the Chancellor of that part of the united kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a writ patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, for proroguing the same accordingly. Given at the Court at Carltonhouse, this 19th day of November, 1818, in the 59th year of his Majesty's reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING. On Saturday afternoon, the 21st, at half past three o'clock, an accident of a very serious nature occurred in Lombardstreet, arising out of the fire which took place the preceding night, at the house of Mr. Carrol, the lottery-office keeper, which had

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been consumed. The flames extended their ravages to the premises of Messrs. Smith and Co., cutlers, in Lombard-street, the greatest part of which was destroyed. The front wall remained standing, but in a perilous situation. The firemen, who were actively employed on the spot, repeatedly warned the passengers to keep at a distance; but such is the temerity which attends the gratification of curiosity, that this notification of danger had but little effect. At half past three, that part of the wall which extended from the second floor to the attics, fell into Lombard-street, overwhelming, on its reaching the ground, no less than seven persons, including two boys. The unfortunate victims of their own incaution were carried to St. Bartholomew's hospital.

It is not ascertained that any lives were sacrificed on the spot, although this may not be improbable. The two boys are since dead.

24. Hanover.-The nineteenth number of the Collection of the Laws contains the following ordi

nance:

GEORGE, Prince Regent, &c. In the efforts which, since the happy deliverance of our German territories from foreign domination, we have constantly employed to heal the wounds thereby received, and particularly to restore the much deranged finances, the question which chiefly presented itself was, what arrangement was to be made respecting the future payment of the arrears of interest which have accrued on sums borrowed on our domains and faithful provinces during the

period of the usurpation of the enemy. Now, though serious doubts exist whether and in how far our domains and faithful provinces may be bound to the liquidation of the said arrears, after the domain and provincial revenues dedicated to the discharge of the same, have become the prey of the enemy; yet it is our wish that the creditors who have been deprived of their interests may be compensated, in as far as is possible consistently with the resources of our domains, and without imposing too heavy a burthen on our faithful subjects. But while we cherish a confident hope that the creditors will obtain at least a part of the said arrears of interest, it is at the same time still found impracticable to take any such step, on account of the various investigations which must previously be completed, in order to fix with greater precision the amount and terms of the payment. Until, however, this arrangement be made, we cannot permit particular creditors, by availing themselves of judicial proceedings against our domains and faithful provinces, to procure payment of the said arrears in detached cases, and thereby to obtain an undue preference for themselves over others. We therefore consider ourselves bound to order as follows:

1. No judicial process shall be brought against the treasuries of our domains or faithful provinces, on account of arrears of interest on debts of the said domains and provinces due during the usurpation of the enemy.

2. This rule holds with respect to the arrears of interest of every capital